So this is Dresden

Rich and I took a trip to the old city center of Dresden. It was a quick and pleasant 2-hour train ride through the country to get there. After walking 15 minutes along a very modern shopping thoroughfare we arrived in the old town. The first thing that impressed me was this sculpture. The pose and the elongation of the limbs and other distortions were moving.

After a spectacular lunch we wandered a bit and then visited the Kupferstich-Kabinett, which is known for its drawings, prints and photographs.

But we didn't see a single photograph. It didn't seem anything like the description I had read. On the upside, we ended up purchasing some sort of multi-pass so we visited a few different museums in the Zwinger Palace complex. As you can see, all sorts of people were browsing. The square in front of our flat notwithstanding, it was some of the best people-watching we've had in Europe so far this year!